Sarah Ferguson’s Absence From The Queen’s Mourning Events Hasn’t Gone Unnoticed

Sarah Ferguson’s absence from royal events during the mourning period for the queen is likely due to Prince Andrew. A royal insider told The Daily Beast that Andrew, Duke of York, would “disappear” from public view after the queen’s funeral. “The way that kid [protester] reacted should remind the royals that the public would be quite happy to never see Prince Andrew again,” a former royal household member explained to The Daily Beast. “He is an unpleasant, arrogant man with no support in the institution. Including him in the events of this week is a mistake. This is not a family funeral. It is a state affair. She may be his mother — but she’s everyone’s queen.”

But after a protester was arrested at the queen’s procession after harassing Andrew, it only drew more attention to the bad optics of involving the disgraced prince in the public funeral events. One Twitter user spoke for many when they wrote, “King Charles starting his reign by handing out redundancy notices, allowing the disgraced Prince Andrew back into the fold to carry out Royal duties, and refusing Harry permission to wear his military garb is truly a choice.” 

Per the Daily Mail, Sarah, Duchess of York, will be at Queen Elizabeth’s funeral service on September 19, 2022. However, Fergie did not attend Prince Philip’s funeral in 2021 because she and the late Duke of Edinburgh fell out after her and Andrew’s divorce.